Improvement in combined chair and carriage



I. F. DOWNI-NG. CoMRINRD CHAIR AND CARRIAGE.

N0.188,344. Patented MarohlB, 1877.

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E STATES 'JEROME E. DowNiNG, 0E ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVMENT IN-COMBINED CHAIR AND CARRIAGE.

Sp ecitcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 1S;,3i4, dated March 13, 1877; application tiled November 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME F. DowNING., of the city and county ofErieand State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Childs Chair and Carriage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a side view of the chair and carriage. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, the running-gear of the carriage being detached from the chair. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the rear spring. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the device for attaching the rear of the chair to the running-gear of the carriage.

The object of my invention is the construction of a childs chair and carriage which, by slight manipulation, canbe used as either.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in pivoting the back to the rear section of the arms, and rendering its angle of inclination adjustable by means of curved arms attached to, or forming part of, the sides of the back.

My invention further consists in rendering the foot-rest adjustable by means of a curved arm secured to the foot-rest and underneath the same, and also in providing the foot-rest with a secondary foot-rest, as hereinafter described.

My invention also consists in attaching the .to use the chair with a nursery-vessel when desired, as shown in Fig. 2. A2 is the cushion, which is hinged to the back of the seat A1, so that it may be lifted up and thrown back vwhen occasion requires. To the bottom of the front legs, as well as the rear, are secured cross-bars B B, to which the rockers B B' are attached. To the sides of the scat Al are secured the arms AC C, which are curved at the rear, as shown at c. These arms C C each have a hole or orifice, c1, in them, near where the curved portion c of the same begins. D is the back, which is pivoted to the rear section of the arms, and immediately above Where they join the seat, as shown at d. The lower section d of the sides of the back D are curved, so as to fit over the curved portion cof the arms G when the back is raised up.' Around the top and sides of the back D is secured a rim, D2, of thick wire or other suitable material. The extensions of this rim D2 forms the curved arms D1. By thrilling the arms in this manner there is no danger of their becoming detached from the back, as is liable to be the case where the arms are formed independent of the back and attached to the same by screws or nails. These arms Dl pass through the orifices c1' of the arms C, and hold the back at any desired inclination by means of the thumb-screws c2. E is the foot-rest, which is pivoted to the front of the seat A, and curved, as shown in the drawings. El is a secondary foot-rest, secured in the foot-rest E by means of pivot-pins,

which work in the holes e e in the sides of the foot-rest E. By means of these pivot-pins and the holes e e this secondary foot-rest E1 can be moved up or down in the foot-rest E, so as to accommodate itself to the length of the limbs of the child, and when raised up is held in position by means of the curved bracearms e e', secured to the back, as shown in Fig. 2. Being pivoted, it vcan be laid dat down on the bottom of the foot-rest E, when the back is thrown down for the purpose of allowing the child to recline. E2 is a curved arm, which is pivoted to the bottom of the foot-rest E and underneath the same. The free end of the curved arm passes through a hole in a short arm, b, which is secured to the front cross-bar B, the foot-rest Ebeing held in any desired position by means ofthe thumb-screw b', which fastens the curved arm E2. The other end of this arm b is bifurcated. F F are the wheels, and Fz F? the couplings of the running-gear of the carriage. To the Vfront axle F1 is attached one end ofthe front springs G, the other end being secured to a cross-bar,

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from each end of which extends upright arms.

To the upper section of the upright arms are journaled'the hind wheels. These hind wheels being so much larger than the front wheels, this or some similar arrangement of mechanism is necessary to equalize the difference beA tween their respective diameters. rear of the couplings F2 F2 is attached one end of the rear springs H. These springs H are curved in the form shown in the drawing, and have pivoted to their other end the arms h ofthe rear cross-bar H'. On the cross-bars G H' rest the rockers B' of the chair. The formation of these rear springs and their mode oi' attachment allow a very easy motion to the childs carriage, the springs having a free motion, and allowing free scope for a full and complete action ot all the flexible qualities of the same. W is a strap, which passes around the rear cross-bar H', andthrough a loop, W', attached to the rear cross-bar B, and by means ot which the rear of the chair is secured to the running-gear of the carriage.

`Of course, any convenient substitute may be used for the strap; When it is desired to convert the carriage into a rocking-chair, the nut a; is unscrewed, and the strap W unfastened, and the chair lifted off the cross-bars G' H'. To convert the4 chair into a carriage, the operation is reversed. K is the handle, attached to the rear axle, by means of which .the carriage is pushed along.

I am aware that a chair having a hinged 'back and curved slotted rods connecting the back with the arms'of the chair, whereby the To the a i y 1159,34;

back can be adjusted, is not new, and I therefore do not claim suchconstruction; but

What I do claim as new. and. desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States, 1s-

1. In a childs chair, the hinged back D, havf curved arms D1, seat A1, arms U, adjustable toot-rest E, pivoted curved arm E2, arm b, thumb-screws b' c2, legs A, and rockers B', the whole constructed, combined, and-arranged substantially as described.` l

' 4. A childs chair consisting of the seat A1, adjustable back D, foot-rest E, and rockers B', al1 constructed as described, in combination with the curved springs H and runninggear, substantially as described.

5. In a childs chair and carriage, the curved springs El, formed as shown, cross-bar H', having arms h pivoted to said springs, and strap W, the whole constructed and arranged to connect the rear of the chair with the runnin g-gear of thev carriage, substantially as described. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEROME F. nowurne.`

Witnesses:

HOMEB M. HILL, F. E. .JossELYm 

